A/N: Remastered on 11-27-14. Some very significant changes.


ALLIANCE SERVICE RECORD – TANTALUS CLEARANCE, EYES ONLY

Complete ASR Summary pullback … complete

Commissariat Assessment … complete

Removing Restrictions … error. Some restrictions not removed.


Demographic summary:

Name: Sara Ying Shepard

Known Alias: Sara Bonaventure, Sinthia Yong Li

Known Titles: Shepard of the Dancing Kanquess

Date of Birth: 11.04.2154

Height: 1.80 m

Hair: black

Eyes: blue (dark)

Identifying marks: tattoo, gang related (right shoulder, two dice showing ten pips, done in black and red ink), scar, right chest (13.7 cm long, knife wound), scar, right thigh (36.3 cm long, knife wound), 17 parallel scars (lower and upper back, electrowhip), 4 scars, parallel line along spine (cattle prod), broken tibia, broken femur (both), broken pelvis (right side, pins inserted 18.3 cm below waistline).

Ethnicity: mixed Northern African, French, Chinese. Based on genetic markers, at least one biological ancestor (beyond parents) was fully ethnic Chinese.


Biographical summary:

Parents: unknown non-citizens, Earth, New York mega complex. Possible transients. Recruiting officer note: gang rumor at time of sentencing indicated parents were red sand addicts and dealers for the asari pirate and drug runner Thalia Renas. Confirmed that parents sold her at age of 8 to local prostitution ring.

[SECTION RESTRICTED – Authorization, Donnel Udina, Systems Alliance Authority under Article 9, Section 3 of the Systems Alliance Military Justice Charter] AIS investigation after Incident 9420-C as reported by NYARC CenPol shows birth parents were Michael and Yishan Shepard. Michael Shepard was a Systems Alliance Marine lieutenant prior to dishonorable discharge for conduct unbecoming. (Subfile is missing.) Yishan Shepard was non-citizen civilian transient, no birth records, hospitalization showing red sand addictions and psychological trauma, source unknown. Parents found murdered by NYARC CenPol in 2175. [RESTRICTION ENDS]

[SECTION RESTRICTED – Authorization, AIS Special Internal Investigations] fragmentary evidence of Lt. Shepard's involvement with Cerberus, including payment from known accounts associated with IRON. [RESTRICTION ENDS]

Relatives / NOK: none. Legal will entrusts all material assets to David Anderson, Captain, Systems Alliance. Genetic testing indicates familial relation (third cousin or greater) to New York Authority Precinct Captain Jason Yong Li, deceased shortly after induction to the military. UPDATE: As of 24.01.2184, Shepard has added Liara T'Soni, Garrus Vakarian, Urdnot Wrex, Ashley Williams, and Tali'Zorah nar Kazan to her will.

Native language: English (northern Atlantic dialect)

Languages known: Chinese (minor), Spanish (American-Hispanic, fluent), turian (minor, low dialect only), asari (Serrician accent, minor).


Medical and psychological summary:

Medical: Meets all N7 baseline physical requirements.

Last PTR testing indicates all seven point standards met or exceeded. (4 kilometer swim, 4 kilometer run in 15 minutes, 250 pushups, 400 sit-ups, obstacle course completed in 8.3 minutes, weight support at 1.7 times body mass, endurance run with 97% O2 suffusion after 13 minutes). Subject appears to be in fantastic physical shape.

Eezo exposure both pre and post uteral, eezo nodes identified through 44% of body. Stable, benign masses, no sign of eezo stage toxicity. Standard L3 implant provided, no physiological side-effects aside from excessive biotic flaring in all maneuvers.

ADDENDUM: higher biotic baseline than normal. Rating factor currently high Class V biotic.

Due to radiological damage and a combination of factors during youth including suboptimal medical treatment, sterility drugs, chemical damage to uteral lining, and possible cervical damage during intercourse, subject is sterile.

Toxicology at time of sentencing/admittance indicated light red sand and heavy heroin usage. Criminal record indicates possession of personal amounts of red sand, cocaine, and livoticane-6. All drug tests since enlistment have come back as negative.

[SECTION RESTRICTION – Authorization, Jason von Grath, General, SAMC] Subject shows sexual modifications – increased nerve sensitivity, pain tolerance, black-market modification of nervous system to enhance receptivity to pain-gate overloads resulting in pleasure center stimulation. [RESTRICTION ENDS]

Vision perfect. Hearing perfect, slightly above norms for human female of age bracket with noise exposure.

Psychological:

Subject was raised in very abusive environment and in broken home. [SECTION RESTRICTED – Authorization, Donnel Udina, Systems Alliance Authority under Article 9, Section 3 of the Systems Alliance Military Justice Charter] AIS investigation after Incident 9420-C as reported by NYARC CenPol that high possibility exists that severe domestic violence and probable child abuse occurred. Social services in NYARC were at the time over 850% of capacity and no action was taken. At least one other child of Michael and Yishan Shepard was born after Sara Shepard sold into slavery. Second child also sold. Subject is NOT aware of this and is not to be made aware of this. [RESTRICTION ENDS]

At some period between 7 and 8 years of age, subject sold to local prostitution ring by parental figures for undisclosed amount of drugs and cash. Abandonment issues and feelings of self-hate, worthlessness stem from this event. Based on fragmentary criminal evidence as well as captured recordings made by prosecuted pedophilic offenders, subject was used both as subject of repeated rapes as well as staged haptic entertainment. [REDACTED – SYSTEMS ALLIANCE COMMISSARIAT CODE OMEGA] Recent investigation has shown every single dealer, operative, movie operator, and producer of these entertainments was murdered, as were more than half of the people who abused her sexually. Based on the evidence, it appears General Rachel Florez was involved in assisting Shepard in executing her tormentors. This action was not authorized by the Commissariat. However, upon review, the Commissariat finds nothing wrong with actions taken. [REDACTION ENDS]

Repeated abuse by clients led to psychotic break at age 14, arrest records indicate subject stabbed client and three other observers with handmade implement ('shank'). Admitted to Preston Memorial 16.09.2169, released due to paperwork mix-up two days later.

Initial psychological workup conducted at the time of hospitalization indicated suicidal and self-destructive tendencies, self-harm tendencies, corruption of sexual and social understanding. Comments on workup indicate subject was sociopathic in the extreme even at such a young age.

[SECTION RESTRICTION – Authorization, Jason von Grath, General, SAMC] Additional documentation shows sexual addiction, obsessive compulsive disorders in regards to electrical shock, and repressed sadomasochist tendencies. [RESTRICTION ENDS]

Complete psychological profile conducted at time of enlistment. Functional paranoid with suppressed, if sharp, sense of right and wrong. High levels of Stockholm Syndrome towards Tenth Street Red gang members. Sexual trauma, nonfunctional social framework. Complete profile available in separate enclosure, runs to 13 pages. (Release officer, David Anderson)

[SECTION RESTRICTION – Authorization, Jason von Grath, General, SAMC] Secondary psychological interviews conducted at later dates show slow evolution of initial mental pathologies from pure sociopath to limited social functioning within a self-destructive, passive-aggressive set of personal rules. Subject is extremely dangerous, willing to terminate anything that violates her personal ruleset, notably any figure involved in criminal activity that preys upon the weak, helpless, or young children. [RESTRICTION ENDS]

[SECTION RESTRICTION – Authorization, Commissar-Captain Alfred Jiong, SACC] Tertiary psychological interviews conducted after Benezia Incident show marked improvement in social function, but increased self-destructive tendencies, extremely strong obsessive-compulsive sexual disorders, and high levels of emotional instability. Subject retains willingness to execute anything violating her personal rules, tempered only by a strong dislike of breaking the law unless absolutely necessary. [RESTRICTION ENDS]

Notable deviations from norm include pathological hatred of New York Arcology authority, dismissal of personal emotions, and difficulty establishing personal relationships with humans. According to all reports, subject has not had any romantic or sexual relationships during her entire enlistment.

ADDENDUM: Subject is not authorized for deployment to or release to New York Arcology for any reason.

Commissariat Political Assessment:

Subject is disinterested in politics, but very well-connected. Mentors include Captain David Anderson, General Jason von Grath, and General Rachel Florez. Figures of note connected to her at least peripherally include General Oleg Petrovsky (retired), and Major Preston Kyle. Given that the von Grath and Kyle Families are highly placed and that David Anderson is distantly related to the Andersons, the Commissariat is hamstrung in restraining the subject.

UPDATE: Due to classified operations (Subfile CC-AIS Joint Mission 34, subfile s44943) subject's relationship with Florez terminated.

Subject's individual fame as the Butcher of Torfan also gives her enough notability and popularity among some segments of the population that media access at high levels would be easy for her to obtain. While subject is not fully aware of such notability, and is incapable of utilizing such on her own, she could be manipulated by others with great ease. Subject's emotional vulnerability leaves her at a disadvantage with experienced psychological operators, and as such, subject should be treated as extremely politically dangerous.

Subject displays strong conservative views regarding the role of government, conservative views regarding social justice, liberal views regarding social welfare, and hostile views regarding human dominance.

Subject is comfortable with aliens, shows a fascination with asari, and is able to work closely with krogan even under stress.

Subject displayed admirable devotion to the Systems Alliance until the Battle of Torfan. While still obedient, subject is rated as only 'reliable' in terms of reliability, due to repeated statements regarding dissatisfaction with certain controversial SA actions.

Subject has no close friendships. Relationships with her RRU squad deteriorated in the aftermath of Torfan. Her connections to General von Grath and General Florez have not been utilized since Torfan, and her connection to other mentioned figures besides Captain Anderson appear tenuous.

ADDENDUM: Interviews with both Captain Anderson and Commander Shepard indicate a strained, strange relationship. Not exactly father/daughter, not exactly friendship. This is believed to stem from the events just prior to the Tenth Street Massacre.

UPDATE: As of 19.01.2183, other formative relationships with various mentors and squadmates appear to be terminated in the aftermath of the Battle of Torfan.

UPDATE: As of 24.09.2183, relationships with David Anderson and Jason von Grath reestablished. Former warnings apply.

UPDATE: As of 14.11.2183, Shepard has developed formative relationships with a small number of people of seemingly normal focus.

[SECTION RESTRICTION – Authorization, Commissar-Captain Alfred Jiong, SACC] Subject has also entered into romantic relationship with Dr. Liara T'Soni, asari noble. This has decreased PRIDE rating from 4.5 to 4.2 and will drop to 3.5 if this becomes public knowledge. [RESTRICTION ENDS]


Known Records (Criminal, civilian record):

19 charges, distribution of controlled narcotics (dropped charges, court load)

31 charges, possession of controlled narcotics with intent to distribute (unable to prosecute)

33 charges, theft (all dismissed, court load)

21 charges, grand theft (convicted on 13, adjudicated sentencing, see military enlistment)

9 charges, arson (lack of evidence, dismissed)

4 charges, assault and battery (associated with rape charges, dismissed)

4 charges, rape (dismissed)

2 charges, attempted rape (dismissed)

119 charges, murder class 1 (convicted on 119 charges, adjudicated sentencing, see military enlistment)

44 charges, murder class 2 (convicted on all charges, adjudicated sentencing, see military enlistment)

19 charges, murder class 3 (mandatory capital punishment waived, adjudicated sentencing, see military enlistment)

17 charges, assault with deadly weapon, biotic (convicted on 3 charges, adjudicated sentencing, see military enlistment)

Suspected:

Between 22 and 25 instances of grand theft, grand theft auto, and grand theft military.

Between 25 and 30 charges of distribution or intent to distribute controlled narcotics.

2 rape charges (brought by females)

Between 4 and 11 charges of arson

Estimated (conservatively) in tenure as Tenth Street Reds assassin to have killed over 100 gang members between the ages of 15 and 18. This does not include confirmed charges.

Multiple misdemeanors and class 3 felonies.

Notable incidents:

Note that only important arrests will be listed. As indicated above, subject was arrested numerous times. Neither the bounty services nor the NYARC ever properly referred the case to the local Commissariat.

11.09.2169 – arrest at Volthan Apartments, arresting authority Civil Patrol Services, disturbance of peace call. Subject, age 14, found covered in blood with severe stab wounds and clear signs of forced sexual activity. DNA from dead male human matched against rape kit test at site. 3 others found dead, stabbed from behind in jugular. Arresting officer notes subject 'scared the shit out of him' with visual glare. Refused to surrender, tasered into submission and taken to psychological counseling. Released in error.

[AIS SECURITY RESTRICTION] Additional investigation found several other dead bodies on the scene, notable for having been killed at close-range with a military sidearm. Additionally, the police were unable to explain how the subject got free of restraints noted on site. Apartment was clearly set up as some form of trideo recording studio for the production of child pornography. AIS is still investigating. [RESTRICTION ENDS]

15.11.2169 – arrest with known members of Tenth Street Reds. Arresting authority, Calthium Bounty services. Released after bond paid in full by Tenth Street Red lieutenant, charges dropped due to court load. Charged with distribution of controlled narcotics. First actual criminal record.

12.03.2170 – arrest with known members of Tenth Street Reds. Multiple charges, arson, grand theft (auto and military), distribution of controlled substances. Arresting authority, Civil Patrol Services. Dismissed with prejudice by Precinct Captain Yong Li. Notable due to the first time Yong Li interfered with court proceedings, claiming charges were fabricated, or failing to locate witness or evidence for trial.

01.12.2171 – arrest for distribution of controlled narcotics, red sand. Arresting authority, NYPD. Dismissed after review by Precinct Captain Yong Li, due to court load. Notable due to size of seized shipment (83 kilos) and that shipment went missing one month later.

19.01.2173 – arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, biotic. Arresting authority, NYPD. Dismissed after review by Precinct Captain Yong Li. Notable due to the bizarre malfunction of over twenty security cameras that should have captured the incident and six eyewitnesses who vanished in the course of the week. Notable also for the fact that this was the first use of biotics by the subject, involving a hacked L1 implant.

04.02.2174 – detainment and arrest for attempted rape. Arresting authority, Dorasn Intersystems Bounty Services. Dismissed after review by Precinct Captain Yong Li.

ADDENDUM: Charges brought forth by civilian female. Claims she was drinking in bar and admitted to making a pass at subject, claims she was pinned to table and induced at knife-point to commit acts of sadomasochistic nature. No injuries aside from bruising (genital, breasts, stomach) were found on plaintiff, nor eyewitnesses that would come forward. In weeks following this, several more incidents of the same kind were brought to court and dismissed.

11.02.2175 – arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, biotic. Arresting authority, Calthium Bounty Services. Dismissed after review by Precinct Captain Yong Li. Notable as the last arrest incident prior to the Massacre.

Tenth Street Massacre Addendum:

30.04.2175 – event known as the Tenth Street Massacre. While records of this event are speculative (mostly due to the extreme lethality of the subject), a few pertinent facts can be gleaned from the police record, emergency responders, and SWAT unit. As detailed in additional information, Precinct Captain Jason Yong Li was utilizing the Reds as a method of combating crime in the area of his precinct, feeding them information, recovered weapons, even drugs that had been seized from other gangs, and using the Reds to obliterate the Four-Nines and the Path of Lho, the larger and more dominant gangs in the area.

On the morning of the 30th, subject was assaulted by members of the Path of Lho while transitioning to the northern area of the arcology to sell red sand. Subject was saved by the presence of off-duty 1st Lieutenant David Anderson, who engaged the gang members. Anderson was able to kill 9 and disable 3 more attackers before being critically wounded, and the subject attempted to protect him. Subject also took a severe wound to the chest during the fight in the process of protecting David Anderson, and drove off the attackers. According to eyewitnesses, subject wept at the sight of Anderson lying seemingly dead in the street, and was notably relieved when he proved to be only wounded.

Despite outstanding warrants and her own injuries, subject personally got Lieutenant Anderson to a local hospital for his injuries. In doing so, she was identified by a local police officer as being a gang member. A partial police report implies that police officers attempted to get a statement from Anderson implicating subject in criminal activity. Anderson declined to do so. Hospital monitoring systems recorded a brief conversation between Anderson and Shepard, in which she inquires why he didn't sell her out and he replies that if she had been evil she wouldn't not have gotten shot saving his life, and that she deserves another chance.

Subject vanished at some point that morning after having her wounds treated with medi-gel. Anderson was kept at the hospital, still severely wounded. Eyewitness reports are sketchy, but it appears that at some point that afternoon Tenth Street Red gang leaders decided that a war hero would make a good hostage to hold for ransom. The gangs had done this before, with a mixed success rate (they captured Rear Admiral Jackson in 2159 and released him for ransom of over 1 million credits). The Systems Alliance would never pay ransom for its officers, but Anderson's family was distantly related to the Viscount Andersons of Britain, and the gang seemed to think they would ransom him.

Given her success rate and the fact she knew the target, it is likely that the Tenth Street Reds expected Shepard to conduct this act. What happened next is conjectural in its reasons but absolute in results – Shepard proceeded to singlehandedly execute every single Tenth Street Reds leader, and began slaughtering the other gang members with heavy weapons from their own stockpile.

[REDACTED – SYSTEMS ALLIANCE COMMISSARIAT CODE OMEGA] Investigations after the Massacre indicated Tenth Street Reds may have been in contact with off-world gang elements and planned to sell him to aliens interested in his knowledge. Shepard was not aware of this at the time of the Massacre. [REDACTION ENDS]

Only one survivor, Jared Finch, is known to have escaped, and according to arrest records prior to execution by the Commissariat he stated that Shepard 'lost her shit when we told her to kidnap her fucking hero Anderson. She screamed that he was a good person and we only went after shit, and we all laughed at her and said she could fuck him after we got paid and put a cap in his ass.' According to the report, Shepard tore the throat out of the speaker with her bare hands and proceeded to execute the leader of the Reds, a Jethro Taylor, by coring out one of his eyes with her thumb and shoving the exposed socket onto an exposed spar of metal.

Local police units attempted to intervene and were forced to withdraw as the other gangs piled onto the chaotic battle, with several hundred gang members from various gangs attempted to crush the Tenth Street Reds. Subject apparently took this as somehow offensive and began sniping opposing gang members as well. 119 people were killed or wounded that could be directly traced back to Shepard, and at least 9 ground vehicles destroyed. At least 2 minor gangs were completely obliterated in the fighting. Multiple nearby buildings were on fire and news services attempting to get in close enough to use remote drone cameras were placed under fire as well.

It is worth noting that the destructiveness of Shepard's actions was due to three things. First, her biotic barrier gave her protection, while most gang members had no kinetic shielding, nor weapons that could pierce her barrier. Second, Shepard had appropriated heavy weapons from the gang armory, leaving most of them unable to reply in kind to her firepower. Finally, she was very well dug into the gang headquarters and capable of firing on gang members indiscriminately, while the gangs were fighting each other almost as much as they were trying to get at Shepard.

At 1843 local time, one of Shepard's shots apparently detonated a fuel cell of a gang vehicle, the ensuing blast accidentally killing two police officers. At this point heavy SWAT units responded in full kinetic armor. The SWAT team stormed the building and discovered an abattoir, with over 100 gang members butchered and executed, many with incendiary weapons or heavy weapons intended for anti-material and not anti-personnel use. 2 SWAT members actually withdrew from the building due to nausea.

SWAT units engaged Shepard on the top floor of the Tenth Street Reds HQ building shortly afterwards, with orders to subdue. 11 officers were wounded, 3 severely, before Shepard was shot multiple times and backed into a corner threatening to detonated the building. Observed holding some form of old omni-tool based haptic interface, SWAT formed a cordon and called for a negotiator. Police unit psychologist was called up, but under Systems Alliance authority, a still badly wounded Lieutenant David Anderson demanded to be allowed to speak to Shepard. This was allowed, but a call was sent the Commissariat for an Expurgation Team should he fail.

[REDACTED] LOG OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN SUBJECT AND ANDERSON, DAVID – deleted. Authorization – [refError 9ss94-alpha]. Please contact the AIS. [REDACTION ENDS]

Despite expectations, Anderson was able to talk Shepard down and take her into custody. Anderson is believed to have come to some sort of deal with the Precinct Captain, Yong Li. As a result, Shepard was remanded shortly thereafter to Alliance medical custody. Investigation of records and recordings in the Reds HQ led to the discovery of Yong Li's role in the success of the Reds, and his suppression of evidence that could have led to the arrest of Shepard years earlier.

Notable information: Precinct Captain Jason Yong Li was very likely a distant relative of the subject. 85% of all dismissed charges and records were done so at his behest. Based on existing evidence, it appears Captain Li was using the subject (and the Reds) as a form of 'cleanup' of other gangs in the lower levels of the arcology. After the Tenth Street Massacre, of course, there was no way to continue utilizing the subject, and the very hasty agreement to allow Shepard to enlist in the military was done mere days before the Captain was hauled before the Authority Board, stripped of his rank, charged with state treason, and executed.

ADDENDUM: Violence of this nature should have drawn Commissariat attention long before the Massacre. The assigned Commissar for the region was found dead 6 days after the Massacre, and had been dead for almost a full year. Cause of death was indeterminate due to decay. Whoever murdered the Commissar in question took his omni-tool and continued to make reports that did not include any mention of Shepard or the Tenth Street Reds.

The Judgment Cadre is still investigating this incident. However, based on the failed attempt to locate the omni-tool and perpetrator, which led to a shootout with criminal elements who had ties to Cerberus, it is believed that Cerberus may have been blocking this event from us.

[REDACTED – SYSTEMS ALLIANCE COMMISSARIAT CODE OMEGA] Given further understanding of exactly who was in charge of Cerberus in the aftermath of the raid on Edolus, their intervention and the assignment of Shepard to the Penal Legions under Florez takes on a much more sinister light. Additional investigation is required. There is a possibility Anderson had Cerberus connections and utilized these on behalf of Shepard. [REDACTION ENDS]


Duty Summary:

Rank: Commander, SSV Normandy

Rating: A6 Marine Infantry. C7 Biotic Infantry. N7 Special Forces. Level IV / V space command package (ops/nav/eng).

Initial Deployment, Corporal, 3rd Military Penal Legion Unit, gunner.

Promotion with honors: Authorization, Major Rachel Florez, 3rd MPL, Brevet to Sergeant.

Promotion with honors: Authorization, Major of Marines Rachel Florez, 3rd MPL, Brevet to Gunnery Sergeant.

Promotion: Authorization, General Jason von Grath, 2nd Fleet Marine Command, to 'A' qualification ranking.

Promotion with honors: Authorization, General Jason von Grath, 2nd Fleet Marine Command, lateral transfer to A enlisted rank status: Petty Officer First. Brevet promotion to Chief Petty Officer.

Promotion: Authorization, General Jason von Grath, 2nd Fleet Marine Command, lateral transfer to C biotic specialist.

Promotion: Authorization, General Jason von Grath, 2nd Fleet Marine Command, to Senior Chief Petty Officer.

Promotion with Honors: Authorization, Systems Alliance Officer Training Command, Sir Raphael von Grath, commanding, to 1st Lieutenant.

Promotion with Honors: General Jason von Grath, 2nd Fleet Marine Command brevet promotion to Lieutenant Commander.

Formalization, Systems Alliance Command, of Lieutenant Commander rank.

Promotion with Valor: President, Systems Alliance, as recipient of the Star of Terra, brevet promotion to Commander (Staff)

Promotion: Authorization, Systems Alliance Officer Training Command, Sir Raphael von Grath, commanding, to Commander (Line)


Awards:

Star of Terra, for actions conducted on Torfan.

Medal of Valor, 3 repeats, actions beyond the call of duty

Distinguished Service Medal, 3 repeats

Legion of Honor, 2 repeats.

Purple Heart, 9 repeats

Navy Cross, Marine, 3 repeats

Marksmanship Wartime award, 12 repeats

Training Awards:

C7 Silver Flash (retired 2181)

N4 Silver Flash: current holder

N7 Silver Flash: current holder

Qualifications:

Zero-G Special Warfare badge

C7 Augmented Biotics Warfare badge

Biotic Instructor badge

Marksmanship badges

master, pistol course

master, rifle course, assault

master, rifle course, sniper

master, rifle course, anti-material

infantryman, submachine gun and machine pistol course

infantryman, coaxial mount armor course

Pass on go/nogo shotgun and heavy weapons courses

Certified journeyman-class electronic warfare course

Certified journeyman-class electronic countermeasures course

'Miathra' master ranking, asari biotic commune training / cross-training course with asari commandos.

Joint SA / TH sniper class ranking 1st of 32 turian and human participants.

N7 Participation:

N1 Electronics and Countermeasures badge, N1 Hostile Terrain survival badge, N1 Weapons course badge

N2 Survival and Rescue / Escape badge, N2 Zero-G combat badge

N3 Hostile systems survival badge (additional qualification on Adept-class biotic survival badge, but no badge awarded due to regulations)

N4 Sniper Qualifications badge, N4 Infiltrator-class sniper badge (awarded despite regulations due to score, record range and time)

N5 Stealth Operations Conduct badge, N5 Command Operations badge

N6 Combined Arms/Biotics badge (additional qualification on Infiltrator-class sniper course, but no badge awarded due to regulations)

N7 Graduate with honors, highest current final qualification score.

Spaceside Qualifications / Training:

Arcturus System ship command qualification, ranks 4 and 5 (Engineer, Navigation, Executive). Qualified Systems Alliance Marine Line Officer and Naval Line Officer.

Discommendations and demerits: none in training. 4 letters of discommendation from various operating theater COs or XOs. All denied. 2 charges of conduct unbecoming an officer, dismissed. 1 charge of disobeying direct order, dismissed. 1 charge of utilization of a banned military device, dismissed.

ADDENDUM: Subject has had zero legal violations when off-duty since enlistment that have been sustained.


Operational Overview: (Eyes Only – AIS Classification Tantalus)

Commander Shepard is a biotic assault infantry soldier with extreme cross-training in electronic infowar, biotic CQB, biotic crowd control, and sniping. Her personal background means she is very comfortable with either direct assault or infiltration and assassination. She holds qualifications at the very highest level of proficiency in every known method of combat the SA offers with the exception of engineering-specific infowar classes and adept-biotic training, and she has participated in those and placed well above the 90% percentile.

[REDACTED – SYSTEMS ALLIANCE COMMISSARIAT CODE OMEGA] Additionally, Shepard has received specialized training involving the asari biotic charge known as the kanquess. Shepard's proficiency with this maneuver matches or exceeds that of most asari and all current and past Vanguard-class biotics. Her variant of the kanquess is very rare among modern day asari who find it less useful. This 'dancing kanquess' is extremely low-cycle, but has reduced power. [REDACTION ENDS]

Shepard's has no single battle style outside of directly leading from the front. Tactically she prefers the use of misdirection, combined ground arms, and heavy suppressive fire prior to flanking whenever employable.

[SECTION RESTRICTION – Authorization, Jason von Grath, General, SAMC] Her personal command style with larger units is mixed, but in most cases results in high casualties among non-special forces personnel, which she will use as force multipliers, distractions, or even as bait. This has resulted in very low success rates when she is given forces to command above company strength [RESTRICTION ENDS], however, she is qualified to command up to battalion-level forces (she has not had or shown an interest in regimental level command training) and is most formidable in small, special forces-style squads of 3 to 5 specialists.

Shepard is willing to endure heavy casualties in all non-special forces operations, which has resulted in corresponding morale drop when she is given strategic command. Conversely, Shepard has an [SECTION RESTRICTION – Authorization, Jason von Grath, General, SAMC] almost perfect operational record when her command or team members are limited to [RESTRICTION ENDS] special forces personnel, with expected morale gains. There is a marked variable between the survival rates of soldiers she knows personally, on any level, and those she does not.

[SECTION RESTRICTED – Authorization, Donnel Udina, Systems Alliance Authority under Article 9, Section 3 of the Systems Alliance Military Justice Charter] Shepard's public image is currently one of terror to most alien forces. Unfortunately, she also has a low reputation among many rank-and-file soldiers who have connected her exploits with the high casualty rates in the battles she participates in, particular after the Battle of Torfan. While special forces units are not affected by this, Shepard's presence in any military line unit will result in a corresponding morale reduction. She has survived multiple attempts at 'fragging' by disaffected soldiers, all of which ended in the termination of said soldiers. [RESTRICTION ENDS]

Her image and reputation, however, are a force multiplier in any conflict. Surveillance shows that even krogan display agitation and neurological/physiological bodily changes associated with fear during combat with Shepard. This trend accelerated markedly after the battle at Dirth where independent video operators managed to record footage of her laughing while biotically ripping the spines out of krogan mercenaries and killing 6 heavily armed turians in nine seconds in close quarters battle.

Shepard's current preferred armory authorizations are as follows: customized Carnifex Model S personal defense pistol, fluidic-shock mounted Avenger assault rifle modified for increased rate of fire and double-core tungsten rounds, M-29 ODIN-class shotgun, illegal in Citadel and Systems Alliance Space, permits obtained from Citadel Security and SA Office of Special Authorizations for use in combat only, M-919 Thunderbolt Anti-personnel long-range rifle.

UPDATE: As of 12.01.2184, Shepard's current preferred armory authorizations are as follows: highly customized M-903 turian Sunfire plasma compression pistol, taken from Saren Arterius. Full-auto remounted-rail Valkyrie assault rifle using jackhammer rounds. M-29 ODIN-class shotgun, utilizing polonium rounds. Salarian Manur sniper rifle modified for human usage.

ADDENDUM: Personal records can usually give some insight into a person, but the very long list of Shepard's accomplishments contrasted with a criminal record of extreme violence often is missed. From the time she exited the Penal Legion to the present day, Shepard has exhibited nothing but complete 100% adhesion to the letter of the law. She has not even had a speeding ticket or civil disturbance violation fine. Such a complete 100% turnaround in character is usually indicative of someone changing their way of life, but from all evidence Shepard was the most talented and skilled Tenth Street Red gang member as well. Excellence appears to be her goal, either in criminal or military affairs. Once she is devoted to a course of action she does not stop until incapacitated or completely successful.

ADDENDUM: Criminal, arrest and sentencing records can only describe the horror of subject's childhood and early life in clinical terms. The shift from being a sex object and 'owned' to a cold, emotionless killing machine that executed anything or anyone in her way can be traced back to the earliest arrest record, but we don't know what set it off or what happened to turn her from what seemed to be a traumatized helpless figure to a sociopath.


SERVICE HISTORY:

All sections marked in italics are restricted viewing: Authorization, Donnel Udina, Systems Alliance Authority under Article 9, Section 3 of the Systems Alliance Military Justice Charter.

03.05.2175: Adjudicated enlistment, 3rd Marine Penal Legion (3MPL). Liaison officer with Alliance standard military is Lieutenant David Anderson.

04.05.2175: Commencement of Adjusted Service Boot Camp

22.08.2175: Completion of Adjusted Service Boot Camp. Graduation with honors. Promotion to Corporal.

26.08.2175: Held in suspicion related to the murders of several persons involved in the sex-slave trade network responsible for publishing trideo in which she was a subject as a child. Charges reviewed and dismissed by Major Rachel Florez.

01.09.2175: Returns from leave granted after ASBC. During leave period, studied in base library, spent 6 hours daily in rifle and pistol ranges.

02.09.2175: Assignment to 4th Platoon, 2nd Regiment, 1st Battalion, 3MPL as assistant gunner.

11.10.2175: Disciplinary punishment for repeatedly striking a Commissar in the line of duty. Reports indicate subject did so to defend squadmate from what she perceived as unfair punishment. Punishment deferred per orders, Rachel Florez.

30.10.2175: Completes 'B' rate package. Advanced to B4.

12.11.2175: First deployment, anti-pirate operations against Terminus pirates on Kalthus. Subject kills 19 batarians, managing to save the lives of 2 of her squadmates despite multiple wounds.

14.11.2175: Award package submitted for Navy Cross by Lieutenant Commander David Anderson, who commanded the N7 element in the operations on Kalthus.

19.11.2175: Operations on Kalthus complete.

21.11.2175: Awarded Purple Heart, Navy Cross, Marksmanship Award. Promoted to Sergeant

24.11.2175: Made squad leader.

11.12.2175: Operation in Bakufu System, hostile pirate boarding operations. Took shots for squadmate Beatrice Shields, personally kills 15 batarians and a krogan. Field brevet to Gunnery Sergeant.

Miracle at Vansha

04.01.2176: 3MPL deployed to Vansha in response to pirate raid. Subject's dropship shot out of the sky, but subject survives. Links up with elements of the 2MPL, and directs 3 squads to form a flanking assault line as she storms the command group of the pirates. Using nothing but biotics, grenades, and CQB subject kills all pirate officers at their comm center, allowing main elements of 3MPL and 2MPL to hold position and for the 34th Marine to crush the pirates. However, the squads she used as cover are killed nearly to a man.

Subject's remaining forces were able to dig into the ruined comm center and hold against repeated assaults. Comm center becomes a chokepoint as additional reinforcements are put into battle.

During the assault, elements of the 15th RIU onsite were overrun by pirate forces and retreated in poor order. RIU survivors reach comm center and demand admittance. Subject allows them to enter, but engages in an argument with the Executive Officer of the RIU, Captain Thelma Songs, when the latter demands subject stand down and to breach defense lines to let them pass. Subject refuses, despite threats of Commissariat punishment from Captain Songs.

When Captain Songs attempts to order subject arrested, subject's team opens fire, badly wounding her and several other officers. Shepard orders remaining RIU units to hold and they manage to repel two more assaults until reinforcements arrive.

10.01.2176: Upon cessation of hostilities, Commissariat forces review subject's actions. They recommend an inquiry, but also immediately execute Captain Songs and all 15th RIU officers involved in the battle for cowardice.

11.01.2176: Inquiry into actions finds subject performed her duty. Field breveted to Chief Petty Officer. Removed from 3MPL and sent to Earth for C-class biotic infantry training.

14.01.2176: Awarded Distinguished Service Medal for actions on Vansha.

21.01.2176: Begins C-class biotic training.

13.04.2176: Completes C-Class biotic training, awarded C7 classification with honors.

14.04.2176: Awarded C7 Silver Flash, for having highest ranking qualification test score ever.

16.04.2176: Letter of discommendation from CO, 15th RIU. Letter dismissed by General von Grath, per review and recommendation by Lieutenant Commander David Anderson and Colonel Rachel Florez.

01.05.2176: Authorization by General von Grath for exculpation of Class Z restriction on 114 members of the 3rd MPL, including Shepard and her squad. Shepard is sworn in as a member of the Systems Alliance Marine Corps on this date.

03.05.2176: Assigned to 5th Battalion, 2nd Marine Rapid Response Unit. Subject begins A rate qualification.

01.07.2176: Completes A rate qualification. Advanced to A2.

02.07.2176: Successful anti-pirate operation, Planet Kilgore, under General von Grath.

15.07.2176: Successful anti-pirate operation, Planet Eden Prime under General von Grath. Subject's squad wounded. Notable in that subject did not land at any time on the planet, instead being involved in orbital boarding operations of pirate ships.

29.07.2176: Successful anti-pirate operation, Planet Sensan II, under General von Grath. Advanced to A5.

Battle of Horizon (1st)

09.08.2176: 2nd RRU deployed to Horizon in response to batarian/turian pirate raid. Raid turns out to be major invasion, complicit figures in colony administration sabotage GARDIAN defense system to allow pirates to land. 42 minutes into RRU deployment, 5th Battalion's entire command cadre, aboard the cruiser Fort Worth, is knocked out of the battle by direct kinetic orbital strike. CPO Shepard takes command, executing three Marines who attempt to surrender to pirates and 18 more who attempt to flee the battle. Without waiting for chain of command, half of 5th Battalion dispersed guerrilla-style among colony population to tie up and delay invaders, while the other half storms pirate landing site under cover of darkness.

The Horizon 3rd Battalion, under General Jack Adams, SAMC, begins to break. Horizon 1st Battalion, under General Oleg Petrovsky, fights through heavy batarian reinforcements to stiffen their lines. After reinforcements, batarians retreat. Petrovsky advises pursuit and decimation of fleeing units, but General Adams overrules him. Less than thirty minutes later, the half of 5th RRU Battalion dispersed to aid colony population comes under heavy assault.

Subject moves to reinforce her men, and is given an order to stand her ground by General Adams, as she is protecting his flank. General von Grath is out of communications due to being trapped in his downed cruiser, but General Petrovsky countermands the order. Ignoring the bickering between the Generals, subject manages to relieve her beleaguered force and evacuate the colonists to safer locations.

During the time 5th Battalion is out of place, more batarian forces arrive, and begin shelling General Adams' position. 1st Battalion attempts to respond, but batarians (thought to be routed earlier) hit them from the flank and break their lines. Rather than fall back to secure position, Shepard leads a small force of men towards the landing area the batarian forces have their gunships at.

3rd Battalion under heavy kinetic fire, and 1st Battalion is being overrun, General Adams in CQB with pirates, when Shepard's strike manages to kill ground force holding landing area. Capturing several gunships and shuttles, Shepard strikes pirate force from behind. Pirates break and escape, Shepard orders all units to fire and destroy retreating and surrendering forces. Order countermanded by General Adams.

General Petrovsky agrees with Shepard, and General Adams relieves him of command. Petrovsky angrily refuses to do so and begins withdrawing 1st Regiment out of the battle, covering civilian retreat.

Shepard orders her supporting units to pursue batarians, and as a result, defensive lines north of Adams' position weaken. Panicked batarians push through, killing everything in their path, including General Adams. Shepard reiterates kill order and this time is obeyed.

10.08.2176: Shepard personally executes pirate leader Hantha Jones, human, rather than arresting him. Official reports indicate he was executed in escape attempt. Autopsy shows lividity on wrists, legs, indicating he was and had been securely tied up prior and after death.

Alliance reinforcements arrive and secure Horizon spaceport.

Follow-up pursuit of retreating batarians by Shepard drives them away from the wreck of the SCV Fort Worth, where both General von Grath and Colonel Rachel Florez were trapped in the wreckage, pinned down and injured. Subject extracts them successfully after an intense CQB fight with several batarian biotics, including one Glorious-level biotic commando.

[AIS SECURITY RESTRICTION] Additional investigation shows that Hantha Jones was involved in piracy operations as well as slave transactions on Earth. Jones was tied to the slavery rings employed by the same child pornography distributors believed to be responsible for Shepard's sterility. [RESTRICTION ENDS]

11.08.2176: Horizon secured.

12.08.2176: Shepard called before board of inquiry, charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and disobedience of direct orders.

13.08.2176: Recently promoted Commander David Anderson acts as Shepard's council. Inquiry board finds Shepard saved the lives of the colonists, managed to preserve the bulk of 3rd Battalion, destroyed the pirates, and her lapse in judgment that may have caused the death of General Adams is forgivable given she is not trained for battalion-level leadership.

14.08.2176: Commendation award recommendation from General Jason von Grath. (Addendum: von Grath and Adams had significant friction, politically and personally). Seconded by newly promoted General Rachel Florez, General Adams' replacement (Addendum: Florez had filed sexual harassment charges against Adams repeatedly, but these were dismissed.)

20.08.2176: General Petrovsky resigns from the SAMC. He gives a statement exonerating Shepard from any wrongdoing and implies that several officers testifying against her are committing perjury.

22.08.2176: All charges dropped against Shepard. She is brevetted immediately to Senior Chief Petty Officer, with a recommendation for Alliance Officer Training Academy.

23.08.2176: Awarded Medal of Valor, Purple Heart (2 repeats, for serious injuries), Legion of Honor (for saving Lieutenant General Florez in CQB against superior forces, armed only with a pistol and her biotics), Navy Cross.

01.09.2176: Released from medical.

15.08.2176: Successful anti-pirate operation, Planet Horizon, under General von Grath.

29.09.2176: Successful anti-pirate operation, Planet New Edo, under General von Grath. Advanced to A7.

03.10.2176: Enters Alliance Officer Training Command, Annapolis

12.05.2178: Graduation with honors, Alliance Officer Training command. Awarded Purple Heart for injuries sustained in final graduation exam, risked life and sustained life-threatening injury to save fellow student from malfunctioning shuttle.

13.05.2178: Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Upon recommendation of General von Grath, brevetted to Lieutenant Commander.

19.05.2178: Second RRU promoted to full brigade-status. Major Preston Kyle attached to the 2 RRU as the CO. General von Grath becomes responsible for brigade-level command.

11.06.2178: Selected for N7 program, along with her squad. Begins N1 qualifications.

19.06.2178: Completes N1 and continues through N2 program.

02.08.2178: Completes Special Warfare courses (Zero-G, Biotic Instructor, Electronic Warfare)

Massacre at Dirth

19.08.2178: Emergency deployment to Dirth with 1st and 2nd Regiments, Second RRU, due to pirate invasion. En route, General von Grath's command ship is holed by mines on final approach and goes down in foothills outside of landing zone. Broken communications suggest they are surrounded by hostiles and the ship's drive core is unstable. Command staff all on board the ship for final briefing. Command staff includes Commander David Anderson and Major Preston Kyle.

Infantry dropships establish new chain of command. Brevet Lieutenant Commander Shepard outranks both 1st Lieutenants in charge of the other companies, even though she has only been an officer for a few months. Disagreement over command settled when Shepard accuses 1st Lieutenant Jack Parson of cowardice and pistol whips him unconscious. Throwing him in the brig, Shepard lands all infantry dropships in unorthodox patterns, using the dropships to project cover fire and dropping platoons in a broad firing line rather than massed infantry.

Pirates react with makeshift artillery using converted GARDIAN laser arrays. Shepard leaves 1st Regiment under command of its XO, ordering them to flank down the foothills and flush out pirates. 2nd Regiment is instructed to split in half, one half digging in outside the colony to protect civilians, the other to proceed under cover of 1st Regiment to extract 2 RRU command staff from wreck.

Shepard wires up one of the drop ships for single pilot control and kamikazes it into the pirate base camp, ejecting in an escape pod jury-rigged for mass displacement effects 4 seconds before impact. The explosion incinerates 55% of the pirate ground force and obliterates their hardened cover, but kills dozens of Marines too close to the blast who were flanking the site per orders. Inquiry notes that if not for the 1st Regiment's flanking maneuver drawing the attention of the pirates and the GARDIAN artillery, said artillery would have shot the dropship out of the sky in short order.

Shepard exits pod, video footage shows her cutting a path through pirates on foot to link up with 2nd Regiment, 19 confirmed sniper kills and 2 CQB kills including a krogan with his own shotgun and an elcor by way of biotic 'piledriver.' 2nd Regiment, led by Shepard, links up with command staff, extracting Anderson, von Grath, Kyle, and a dozen other badly wounded officers. Extraction slowed by heavily wounded lower ranking officers. Sending senior officers on ahead with heavy escort, Shepard makes a stand to cover retreat. Since ground cars cannot transport everyone, junior officers with most severe wounds are held back, along with 5 platoons of 2nd Regiment.

Pirate units do not pursue, instead breaking off to strike the colony proper. Shepard pursues.

Shepard's units reach the main colony, where the pirates have attacked heavily and in massive numbers. Rather than abandon the colonists, however, Shepard splits her forces. The majority are sent to protect the colonists, while the rest head to reinforce those already covering the retreat of the wounded officer and command cadre.

The battle for the colony is fierce, and by all accounts the subject was the primary reason for its successful conclusion. Shepard, despite being shot and wounded multiple times, managed to evacuate the entirety of the colony before pirate forces became too numerous to hold back. Some members of the command cadre (Major Kyle in particular) attempted to help in this endeavor.

Eventually the 4th and 5th Squads escorting the command cadre reported incoming skirmish fire, and Shepard had to retreat. Boldly splitting her force yet again, she drew the main pirate body away herself, with a handful of her men, while the rest evacuated the civilians and rejoined the command cadre.

Shepard then fought a fighting retreat, holding off pursuit long enough for von Grath to establish command radio links to the sabotaged GARDIAN and orbital defense network. Using the network, von Grath takes out pirate support ships and conducts three unauthorized kinetic strikes on the planet itself.

AIS Addendum: Official records indicated that a Lieutenant Commander Henry Vore did the strikes. However, Lieutenant Commander Vore did not have the authorization codes to perform such strikes. AIS believes that Shepard either hacked the launch authenticator, or was given the authentication by General von Grath. While subject is skilled in many infowar techniques, the AIS is fairly sure von Grath pulled the trigger himself.

Bombardment decimates the pirates, allowing time to further move the civilians out of the way, but the majority of the military force is still pinned down, unable to fall back due to having to protect the civilians.

Rather than lose everyone, Shepard orders the heavily wounded junior officer cadre, along with any volunteers, to hold the line while the bulk of the rest of the forces fall back. One officer, Lieutenant Commander Henry Vore, accuses of her of cowardice. According to eyewitness reports (suppressed by General von Grath) Shepard executed LC Vore for treason, then withdrew the enlisted infantry, leaving the officers to be overrun.

(ADDENDUM: Most details of the battle were sealed until inquiry of 2183. Even after that, we do not know what is truth and what is fabrication by officers who hate Shepard. An execution of such a nature seems very close to a criminal act, which flies in the face of Shepard's behavior since enlistment. More likely, Shepard would have stayed behind, and LC Vore attempted to remove any support making her sacrifice capable of slowing the advance, leading to her taking drastic action.)

The officers and volunteers are overrun, but the delay is enough for the civilians and the remaining military forces to reach the fortified spaceport. The ensuing siege is short-lived as the 3rd, 5th, and 11th RRU all hit the planet the next day, routing the pirate forces.

25.08.2178: Aftermath of Dirth offensive completed. Major Kyle stands down unit for rest, organizes Shepard as commander of the Second RRU's lead NCT, codenamed 'Neutron.'

07.09.2178: NCT Special Operations under Major Kyle, location classified. Notable as first deployment of Team Neutron.

22.10.2178: NCT Special Operations under Major Kyle, at Ferris Fields, anti-pirate operation. All pirates executed or killed in battle.

31.10.2178: NCT Special Operations under Major Kyle, deep space boarding action of pirate ships, station, and anti-pirate operation. All pirates executed or killed in battle.

17.11.2178: NCT Special Operations under Major Kyle, location classified, anti-slaver operations. Squadmate Beatrice Shields injured severely protecting Shepard.

19.11.2178: Letter of reprimand from relieving forces for brutality and conduct unbecoming, with complaints of batarian slavers executed after surrender. Dismissed with prejudice by General von Grath.

21.12.2178: NCT Special Operations under Major Kyle, location classified, anti-slaver operations.

30.12.2178: NCT Special Operations under Major Kyle, location classified, anti-slaver operations. Squadmate Jason Dunn severely injured, requires cybernetic arm replacements.

11.01.2179: NCT Special Operations under Major Kyle, location classified, anti-slaver operations. Squadmate Beatrice Shields injured a third time.

23.01.2178: NCT Special Operations under Major Kyle, boarding action against pirates.

27.01.2179: 2 RRU stand-down for refit of strike force. Neutron given leave to work on N2 training.

10.02.2179: 2 RRU's command transport sent in for overhaul. Shepard and Neutron deployed TDY to finish N7 qualifications.

11.04.2179: Shepard completes N7 program, awarded Silver Flash N4, N7 badges.

15.04.2179: Selected by Commando Mistress Seinna, for cross-platform training. Travels to Thessia.

11.07.2179: Completes training with asari commandos. Formally given the title 'Shepard of the Dancing Kanquess.' Asari command indicates this is a military epithet, so it is entered into her file.

13.08.2179: 2 RRU deployed. NCT strike mission on Sivlas III, batarian slave camp. No batarian survivors.

25.08.2179: 2 RRU deployed. NCT strike mission on Tarok II, batarian slave camp. No batarian survivors.

12.09.2179: 2 RRU deployed. NCT Special Operations under Major Kyle, location classified, anti-slaver operations.

19.10.2179: Battle of Torfan. [REDACTED: SECTION 334 – 392. Authorization – [refError 9ss94-alpha] Please contact the AIS.] [REDACTION ENDS]

14.11.2179: Court-martial ended.

17.11.2179: Major Kyle takes indefinite personal leave. 2 RRU decommissioned. Team Neutron decommissioned.

19.11.2179: Award package submitted for Star of Terra, Navy Cross by General Rachel Florez.

22.11.2179: Shepard released from Alliance Psychological Ward, Mindoir.

24.11.2179: Shepard promoted to Commander (Staff), awarded Systems Alliance Star of Terra, Medal of Valor, Navy Cross, Purple Heart.

15.12.2179: Shepard adjudicated back to Alliance Training Command, Arcturus for commander-level training.

14.01.2180: Shepard enters Alliance Officer Training Command, Arcturus.

11.03.2180: Shepard files for and receives permission to undergo commander-level training for space (level IV, V).

22.09.2180: Completed OTC course. Promoted to Commander (Line). Requests space command with Captain David Anderson or service with RIUs.

14.10.2180: BuPers declines to assign her to ship-status. Instead she is attached to 8th RIU.

14.11.2180: 8th RIU engages in defensive actions, Telmore IV. No invading survivors.

22.12.2180: 8th RIU engages in defensive actions, Knossos System. No invading survivors.

16.01.2181: CO of 8th RIU requests Shepard's transfer out of the unit. Shepard protests.

28.01.2181: Transferred to First Mindoir Army Group, 5th Regiment, as company commander, 6th Infantry.

11.02.2181: Performs combined operation with Blue Suns Military Services in anti-slaver capacity.

20.03.2181: Blue Suns Commander Kuril sends recommendation of valor for Shepard.

18.07.2181: End of Blue Suns cooperation. Return to Mindoir.

01.08.2181: Begin garrison duty, New Edo.

12.12.2181: Puts in for request to RIU. 5th Regiment CO Delacor immediately approves and sends to BuPers.

05.01.2182: End garrison duty, New Edo.

08.01.2182: RIU transfer approved. Transferred to 15th RIU in area, working with 5th Regiment.

12.01.2182: 15th RIU engages in defensive actions, New Edo. No invading survivors.

27.01.2182: 15th RIU engages in defensive actions, Ferris Fields. All 47 pirates surrendered when asked by Shepard and were spared. This is the first time she spared those who surrendered.

21.02.2182: 15th RIU engages in defensive actions, New Hoskins. 4 surrender prior to engagement and are spared. The rest of the invaders are executed.

17.03.2182: 15th RIU engages in defensive actions, New Edo. No invading survivors.

22.03.2182: 15th RIU engages in defensive actions, Mindoir. No invading survivors.

25.03.2182: CO, 15th RIU replaced. New CO requests Shepard be transferred back to the 5th Mindoir.

28.03.2182: Transferred back to 1st Mindoir Army Group, 5th Regiment, as XO to Captain Delacor.

29.03.2182: Delacor protests, but BuPers denies his request to have her sent to another RIU.

02.04.2182: Begin garrison duty, New Edo.

22.07.2182: End garrison duty, New Edo.

28.07.2182: Performs second combined operation with Blue Suns Military Services in anti-slaver capacity.

10.10.2182: End of Blue Suns cooperation. Return to Mindoir.

12.10.2182: Shepard requests transfer to RIU. 5th Regiment CO Delacor immediately approves and sends to BuPers.

15.10.2182. RIU transfer denied by BuPers.

18.10.2182: Begin garrison duty, Mindoir.

14.11.2182: Shepard informed by surrendering pirates in course of garrison duty that strike on Miris IV is planned. Shepard attempts to get CO Delacor to act.

18.11.2182: Delacor denies request.

19.11.2182: Shepard attempts to alert Mindoir command of intelligence. Command acknowledges but does not react, as Miris V is a wildcat colony.

20.11.2182: Shepard requests RIU transfer. Denied the same day by BuPers.

22.11.2182: Shepard, in violation of orders, takes three companies detached from 5th Mindoir to perform defensive ops and strike on pirate operations on Miris V, using order codes apparently obtained from General Rachel Florez. Attack drives off pirates and kills famed pirate lord Grathias. Strike was not authorized by SA Command.

24.11.2182: Shepard formally reprimanded by CO Delacor, Mindoir Command. Letter of discommendation approved by Mindoir Command, but then denied and removed by Lord General Kirsten Dularis after appeal by General Rachel Florez.

14.12.2182: Shepard again applies for RIU transfer, or space duty with David Anderson. RIU request rejected, space transfer request reviewed.

16.12.2182: Citadel Council allows humanity to select one military officer for SPECTRE training. Planning process for the search begins.

22.12.2182: Shepard given psychological eval for spaceside duty. Cleared by Alliance Medical.

03.01.2183: Selected for SPECTRE-status, Systems Alliance. Assigned to the SSV Normandy as Executive Officer under Captain Anderson.

05.01.2183: Termination of service with 5th Mindoir in aftermath of Almor anti-pirate operation.


ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS OF NOTE:

Psych Profile I: Summation [RESTRICTED VIEWING]

Behaviorally, subject is an ISTJ with minor ESTJ tendencies, in the Briggs Model. In the 6-point scale model, she is in the Aggressive-Suppressed quadrant of combative personalities.

The following observations can be made.

* Their desire to execute known systems against concrete facts, and their dismissal of emotions, makes them immune to frustration with military systems, but leads to difficulty understanding the importance of considering people's feelings, and trying to meet their emotional needs.

* They believe strongly in doing their duty, and perform out of a sense of honor and duty, rather than an expectation of getting something in return, but their respect for rules and order make them intolerant of failures in others.

* They are loyal to family and friends, but will be unable to place value on individual life unless said life is important to them personally.

* They will put forth a great deal of effort towards any identified goal, but will expect that out of everyone around them and will be highly controlling towards others to 'shape' them.

* They will use their determination and skills for the benefit of an institution rather than personal needs, but will have a lack of interest in other people, or in relating to them.

* They will be able to usually suppress emotional issues, but when overwhelmed will have an intense and quick temper, and occasional inappropriate emotional displays.

Subject appears to be responsible, punctual, and thorough. She is temperamentally well-suited for long-term planning and execution. Steady and purposeful, focusing on common sense and attention to detail. Prefers facts to feelings, does not like people who neglect the importance of committing properly to a goal. Once committed, will always stay the course, even in the face of distractions that would make others change directions.

Will project as emotionless and serious, tinged with anger or dismissal. Fears emotional closeness due to past trauma. However, with those who have connected, will show sentimentality and dry humor.

Does not handle total changes in life algorithms well.


Psych Profile II: Interview

Interview with Doctor Jacen Mathew, Sociolinguistic and Aberrant Behavior, University of Pittsburgh, on detached sabbatical and volunteer military service as Director, N7 Mental Health since 2180.

Interview conducted 22.12.2182 at behest of Captain Anderson, with file release to Dr. Mathew by Major Kyle, as part of clearance for space assignment and SPECTRE selection.

P: Tell me about yourself, Commander.

S: Sir, that is a very large request.

P: Well, yes, but everyone usually has some aspect of their personality they like to expound upon. Some are 'people persons,' and like to explain themselves in terms of their relations. Others use religion, or political beliefs, or hobbies. What makes you a little different from everyone else, is what I'm asking, as a place to start to help you figure yourself out.

S: I'm not sure I can address that.

P: Commander… may I call you Shepard?

S: As you wish, sir.

P: Great. I'm Dr. Mathew. Shepard, is this interview and counseling something you want to do?

S: (3.4 second pause) I don't know. I've been told it will help me understand myself. Or deal with my inability to get past my early life. Or my anger. But I do not know. I am attempting to be as cooperative as I can.

P: I see. Let's take this a different direction. What is your… um… yes. What is the target of this operation?

S: Identification and destruction of any psychological issues that hinder my ability to perform, sir.

P: Very good. Forget the psychology. Forget the stupid papers on the wall. Forget I'm a doctor. Tell me, however you can, in whatever terms you can, why you aren't like everyone else.

S: (Silence for 8.3 seconds) I don't understand how to be like… others. I can't bring myself to trust. I can't bring myself to really care, to feel about what happens to others. I can't imagine what it is like to be in love, or to cry at someone's death. I can feel anger, disgust, and hate. I can be… amused, by someone's pretension. I can feel… gratitude, when someone helps or does a good job.

P: But do you know why you feel grateful?

S: No.

P: Do you have nightmares?

S: Yes. I always have. They let me know I'm still me.

P: Ah. You think the pain is—

S: (interrupting) The pain is the reminder of what you are. Of what I am. Every time I sight down on a mercenary or pirate, I'm aiming at me. Every time I break up a drug runner, I'm arresting myself. Every time I stop some slaver from hurting civilians, I'm blowing myself away. Someone should have stopped me, and they didn't. They let me go, and kept letting me go, until I killed so many people that even the corrupt police officers the Reds had bought couldn't cover it up.

P: I see.

S: And then… then… the only family I have gets himself killed… to get me sent to a Penal Legion with someone I barely know… and he tells me I have to be the perfect soldier, or I go back to the gas chamber. So I do. Then he tells me I have to protect civilians, and kill pirates, and keep doing this until I can forgive myself.

P: And will you ever forgive yourself?

S: No. Because it's easier to keep being the monster and just turn the fear against the pirates rather than the marks. No one cares what it does to me, or to the men I command, as long as we win. They'll cover it up. It will all be a heroic act.

P: But you have done a great deal of good, Shepard. No one is making that up; it's not an 'act.'

S: It's not a good act if you're doing it because you don't know what else to do. It's not a good act when you want to die and just rest, and you are told to keep going. It's not life if you turn down everyone who wants to be closer because you don't know how to be closer. Or even close.

P: Understandable. But the Alliance needs you to be mentally healthy.

S: Sir, the Alliance demanded I do better than anyone else and I did. They demanded I outperform everyone else, and I did. They pushed me to all kinds of bloody battles no one could win without going insane, but I won them and I'm still sane. That doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. And I will always remember the people I sacrificed. Didn't do it for promotions, or valor, but because they told me I had to. When do I get just to let it all go?

P: (2.2 second pause.) And you are angry with Alliance for that?

S: No, sir. I am angry with myself.

P: Why?

S: Because the very reason we are having this interview shows me that no matter how hard I try to do what I am told, or how far I push myself, it will never be enough. And I won't ever get to let it all go. I will be moved around like this until I snap, and I am killed, or I am killed in battle. It's punishment for the person I am.

P: Shepard, the Alliance values you immensely. You have achieved things no one thought possible. The most hardened pirate scum in the Terminus Systems fall on their knees babbling and surrendering when you show up. But the Alliance does not want to punish you. Yes, you did very bad things in your past, but very bad things were done to you.

S: That's never a valid excuse, sir. All that matters is the success of the mission. (2.1 second pause.) Do you feel my problems are affecting my ability to perform, sir?

P: (5.3 second pause) I don't know, soldier. There are people who hate you because of some of the things you have done. And yet, if you had not done those things, the outcomes would have been worse, every time. Your recent actions, however, have people worried. (3.2 second pause) Let me change this up again. What do you do with your free time?

S: I practice at the range, sir. Or physical training, or correspondence courses for qualification in more electronics classes. Or biotic practice. (2.1 second pause.) It was very calming to practice with the asari commandos. They did not seem to judge me.

P: And you think the average soldier you serve with does?

S: I don't really know what they think. They go silent when I walk past. They never bring issues to my attention. It makes it easier to do my job.

P: You mean, to give orders that could get them killed. I see. But no hobbies? No favorite movies? No—

S: They get in the way of the mission, sir. (1.4 second pause) Although I do like Star Wars. Sir.

P: (laugh) Well, I didn't expect that! Good. I think you need to take some leave, Shepard. Unfortunately, it's not up to me to decide that. Failing that, you need to figure out something to do with your off-duty time that isn't military related. Have you ever done that?

S: (23.2 second pause) …I… I used to collect model ships. When I was younger. I would… wish I was… somewhere else. Flying out there.

P: Have you ever had a spaceside assignment, then?

S: No, ground command only, sir. I have applied more than once, but I was denied.

P: (5.3 second pause) Well… a spaceside command would be good for you, I think. Get to see Council Space. More downtime, more time to figure out who you are. I've been asked to clear you for this anyway, but it's good to know that it will be actually good for you.

S: I see. Thank you.

P: Shepard. Captain Anderson thought this would be something you would… ahem, that this would be a good task for you. I don't know any of the details aside from the fact that a space assignment may be in the cards sometimes soon. Do you think you'd like it?

S: (3 second pause) …Don— Captain Anderson is the only friend I have, sir. If he says this is what I need to do, then this is what I need to do. Thank you for your time, Dr. Mathew. I need to start figuring out what to study for wherever I am assigned next. (1.3 second pause) And maybe buy some ship models. Sir.